Events

Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop on Google Earth Engine

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain
Development (ICIMOD), in partnership with the
Institute of Remote Sensing, Jahangirnagar
University (IRS-JU), will conduct a five-day Training
of Trainers (ToT) workshop on the Google Earth
Engine (GEE) platform, under its SERVIR Hindu
Kush Himalaya (SERVIR–HKH) initiative. ICIMOD
had organized several trainings on GEE in Nepal and
Bangladesh in 2017.

Google’s GEE platform can be used for large- and
small-scale scientific analysis and visualization of
geospatial datasets. It stores, organizes, and
provides access to a wide variety of satellite images
and geospatial datasets, and is capable of global-
scale environmental data analysis. In addition to the
tools and cloud computational powers necessary for
analysing large datasets, the GEE platform also
offers Application Programme Interfaces (APIs) in
JavaScript and Python. GEE is widely used by
researchers, nonprofit organizations, educators, and
government agencies to analyze large-scale
geospatial data and is available free of cost to non-
commercial users.

Objectives

The workshop aims to train faculty from
Jahangirnagar University on geospatial data analysis
using GEE. These faculty had participated in
beginner-level GEE training organized by ICIMOD
and IRS–JU in Dhaka last year. The ToT workshop
will be an opportunity to discuss and refine training
materials and prepare teaching professionals to
conduct GEE trainings in Bangladesh. In addition to a
basic introduction of remote sensing and usage of
GEE, the training will cover advanced topics in
geospatial applications such as mapping vegetation,
land use and land cover, water resources, collecting
earth online, teaching GEE effectively, monitoring
and evaluation, and reporting. After the training,
trainers will be able to deliver similar trainings in
Bangladesh with minimum supervision from ICIMOD.